You already know that peonies take a few years to hit their stride — and Pink Hawaiian Coral makes the wait feel like the right decision. When this herbaceous peony (*Paeonia lactiflora*) finally opens in late spring, the blooms arrive in warm coral-pink tones that shift and soften as they unfurl, filling the air with the kind of fragrance that stops you mid-garden.
Expect a full, rounded clump reaching 24–36 inches tall and wide. Give it full sun to part sun, fertile well-drained soil, and a planting depth that keeps the eyes no more than 1–2 inches below the surface — plant too deep and you’ll wait longer for blooms. Hardy in USDA zones 3–8, this is a long-lived cut flower peony that rewards patient gardeners with bigger, more generous flushes each passing year. Cut stems back to the ground after frost in fall.
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Peonies ship in fall (September–November) when fully dormant and bare root.
Fall planting gives roots a full season to establish in warm soil before winter. Cold stratification triggers strong, healthy spring growth and reliable bloom production. Spring-shipped peonies experience root damage during active growth, transplant shock during their bloom cycle, and often lose an entire growing season.
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